IHGT Gets Another Warning from FDA
FDA cites gene lab on animal studies.
Bioethics-Center Plans Reconfigured by Press
Caplan blasts press on bioethics treatment
Grim Details About Battered Women
ER study offers window on women and their attackers
IHGT’s Wilson Outlines Oversight Plans
IHGT announces new procedures
TeleStudies
Kids spend more than 20 hours a week in front of the TV. Are yours watching what they should? Would you know? Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center have some answers.
Clinical Trials Put on Hold at Gene-Therapy Lab
FDA suspends gene-therapy research
Study to Examine Minority Performance in the Academy
Study to assess minorities’ academic performance
Gene-Therapy Researchers Probe Patient’s Death
First findings in gene-therapy death
Researchers Seek Answers After Gene-Therapy Patient Dies
Patient in gene-therapy trial dies
Study Shows Drinking Leads to Free-Radical Damage
New data on drinking: Too much may be less than you think
Plant’s Taste for Heavy Metal is in the Genes
Advance in using plants to treat toxic sites
My Shrink’s OK, Your Pill’s OK
Study finds therapy as effective as drugs
The Vision Thing
As the National Science Foundation's new director of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Dr. Ruzena Bacsjy—a Penn computer-science professor noted for her work on robotic perception—must get Congress to see its way to creating greater support for basic research in information technology.
Staving Off STDs and … Cavities?
Common ingredient yields major advance.
Resetting the Circadian Clock
The 24-hour circadian clock embedded in our genes is fundamental to life on this planet, says leading sleep researcher Dr. David Dinges—who has spent the past two decades trying to understand how it works and come up with ways to beat it.
Homage to DuBois: Revisiting the Problem of the Color Line
Honoring and updating W.E.B. DuBois.
Stalking the Wild Neutrino
Hunting neutrinos in Antarctica
Same Hours, Less Time
1 family + 2 careers = 2 much to do?
Radioactive Cocaine Analogue Sheds Light on Brain
Diagnostic drug may provide clue to Parkinson's cure.
Sexual Abuse of Boys Underreported
Research from Penn's School of Medicine.
Sleuthing a Silent Virus
Dr. Miriam Alter, Nu'71
Better Than Rose-Colored Glasses?
Dr. Fredric Schiffer, C'67
Genetic Mutation Linked to Prostate Cancer
Mutation found in prostate-cancer gene
Employers Go to Schools to Keep Young
Benefit to employers who work with schools.